Confirmation Of, And Comments On, 248 Vert Pair Sought

I have one other vertical pair of pink Washingtons, I have not soaked off, and left on 'cover', so the straight edge is not under question, and I do not do harm, by my inexperience of attempting to soak it off, before I have better practice.




I also did a photoshop of the stamps, to get a better look at the perfs, and make sure it wasn't a case of someone lining them up very well, that they are, indeed, connected.




I'm not assuming these are 248a's, but a vertical pair of 248, with a vertical straight edge, not a horizontal one.

Pink, Type I, since the lines through the triangle are not lighter on the inside,




would make this a 248, yes? A confirmation, or correction, and comments, are appreciated.

Why would the straight edge looks so awful?

I cannot address to why, KGB. I know the lines in the cancel, on the straight edge, don't help it's appearance, either. It could be my poor photoshopping, but there is a chunk out of it on the bottom stamp, on the left. That was not an editing error.

If you look at the first photo, where it is on paper, the edge on the left, doesn't look too bad, except for the bottom stamp, where the chunk is missing. I did the darkening of the background (paper) merely to show that side of the pair is not perfed. My skills with the paint brush are what is lacking.

I've not taken it off the paper, to show it was not cut, as well. That and my skills at soaking off a stamp are probably even worse than my paint brush skills.

it is an A triangle, considering the color it is most likely a 248, I have not come up with a way for determining watermarks whils still on paper. The problem with 2 cent triangles is you start with a pile of stamps not worth much and spend a bunch of time sorting them out and you end up with a pile of stamps not worth much. Soaking stamps is easy, getting them to stay in pairs may be a problem if the joint looks "weak". What you really need to do is master a good way of drying them.

These two stamps look like they came from the left edge of the sheet. Nothing special about these. I believe that you are making a mistake if you call these 248a. Scott 248a is a vertical pair that is imperforated in between. This means that in the sheet these came from a row where the perforations were missing.
The stamps that you have came from the edge of the pane and are therefor straight edged on the left side.

Peter

read this that someone else posted here, it was about colored lines but you can see how sheets are cut. https://goscf.com/t/40351&

What is meant by 'an A triangle', please?

cet, interesting, all in all. I wish you well if you decide to soak the stamps off. I, however, would be happy with them as they are. That joint looks delicate, though not as delicate as your other pair.

A= type 1 some books call it one way some the other